Question

Classify the acids according to their basicity and give one example of each type.

Answer 1

The number of ionizable hydrogen (H⁺) ions present in one molecule of an acid is called its basicity.

Based on Basicity acids were classified into different types:

1. Mono-basic acids - HCl, HNO₃, CH₃COOH
2. Di-basic acids - H₂SO₄, H₂CO₃
3. Tri-basic acids - H₃BO₃, H₃PO₄